La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXXIX-505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXXIX-505 - Benchmark 2-Grammar, Usage and Conventions of Sentence Structure

A. Adult learners identify and apply correct grammar and usage rules and the conventions of sentence structure to complete a variety of writing tasks in accordance with their identified educational functional level.

1. Identify and use basic parts of speech:

a. verbs;

b. nouns;

c. pronouns;

d. adjectives;

e. adverbs;

f. conjunctions;

g. prepositions; and

h. interjections.

2. Identify subject and predicate in sentences.

3. Apply standard grammar and usage to subject and verb agreement, simple past, present, and future continuous verb tense.

4. Identify and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

5. Recognize the standard use of homonyms, homophones, and homographs.

6. Use a thesaurus.

7. Apply standard grammar and usage.

a. Combine simple sentences into compound and complex sentences.

b. Construct conditional clauses.

c. Develop parallel structures.

d. Use modifiers appropriately.

e. Use compound verbs appropriately.

f. Create possessive forms of nouns or pronouns with gerunds.

g. Use conjunctive adverbs appropriately.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXXIX-505

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:2039 (November 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10).